Can We Just Try to Get Serious Here?

Nealz Nuze ^ | February 4, 2008 | Neal Boortz

[Turret Gunner A20]

Right now it looks like John McCain has the inside edge for the Republican nomination ... and to listen to the mainstream media portray it, conservative talk show hosts are going nuts!

The first (and obvious) observation is that up until now it seems to me that the MSM paid little attention to talk shows. After all, we were just "hate radio" and hardly worth credit for being radio's number one format. Now, when there seems to be some negative opinions of John McCain being expressed on many shows, the MSM is just beside itself! Well .... Thanks for the publicity!

It seems to be true, though, that there are some icons on the right who have made it clear that they are neither going to support McCain's campaign, nor are they going to vote for him. Well ... even though I occupy a decidedly non-icon status, my views: First ... I don't believe that they won't end up casting their vote for him. Secondly ... does a McCain presidency really mean the end of the world? Can you honestly say that Hillary Clinton would be better than McCain?

If I don't vote for the Republican nominee it won't be anything new. I've voted for the Libertarian candidate in about half of the elections since I started doing talk radio --- and very well may do so again this year. Just show me a Libertarian candidate who will go to the mat protecting this country from Islamic radicals and I'll vote for him. And that brings us to McCain.

Though most Americans have gone to sleep on this issue, I still feel that the threat of Islamic fascism is the greatest threat facing this country. I truly believe that at some time in the future George Bush will get the recognition and thanks he so richly deserves for doing everything he could to protect us from these Islamic goons. We may never know what horrendous attacks were prevented by his steadfast devotion to our safety, and he may never get the thanks that is due.

McCain, above all others, is the candidate who I believe will do what is needed to continue to carry the fight to the Islamofascists. These Islamic goons need to be found and killed over there before they bring their deadly version of Islam to us.

I, too, have huge problems with McCain's promotion of the Campaign Finance Reform Act. I'm none too pleased with his favoring of amnesty for criminal illegal (redundant) aliens. He says his attitude has changed on this issue. We'll see. McCain's reasons for voting against the Bush tax cuts were logical. We don't know to this day how he would have voted had the margin been closer.

McCain isn't the perfect candidate. Frankly, I think that Romney would make a better president. Dick Morris may be right, though, in telling us that McCain very well could win, while Romney very certainly could not.

A little less bluster and a bit more thought would be appreciated on this issue.

BUT ... AS FOR SUPER TUESDAY

No, my vote won't be for McCain. I'll be voting for Mike Huckabee. Right now I consider a vote for Huckabee to be a vote for the FairTax. It's a vote we probably won't be able to cast later down the road ... so now's the time. I don't tell others how to vote ... but a strong showing by Huckabee in Georgia and other Super Stupendous Duper Tuesday would keep the FairTax out there, big time. We could cap off those strong Huckabee showings with the debut of "FairTax, The Truth: Answering the Critics" one week from tomorrow.

This morning "FairTax, The Truth" was Number 22 on Amazon.com. Other than votes for Huckabee ... I can think of no better way to tell the media and Washington establishment that the people of this country want this tax reform, and want it sooner rather than later, than to give this book a push to a high debut on the bestseller's lists. Now's the time.

Here's your link to Amazon.com where you can purchase the book and have it in your hot little hands by next Tuesday afternoon.

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[NavyCanDo]

As a Fredhead taking this all in, popcorn in hand, I have to say I despise McCain, I will not be voting for him in the Caucus or in the Primary, but if he is the last man standing in November, I will be voting for him. It all comes down to the Iraq war. The soldiers on the ground, and those who have already made the ultimate sacrifice are too important to me to leave them in the hands of Hillary or Obama, both of who will draw down the troops too fast leaving Iraq in dire straights. The one area I trust McCain is him finishing the job there, and turning up the heat on finding Osama Bin-Laden. I also am certain that Hillary and Obama will do what they can to make the militaries mostly conservative vote less of a factor in future elections. There are a number of ways they can do that, and each method makes the military more liberal and less effective.

As far as Mitt Romney, I like the guy, he looks great in a suit, and I think he has the leadership abilities to fit the role as President nicely, and is without a doubt more conservative than McCain, but I just keep going back to that comment in the October debate when he said he would consult lawyers before taking military action on Iran. Responding to a hypothetical question about whether he would seek congressional action prior to involving the U.S. militarily with Iran, Romney said: “You sit down with your attorneys and tell you want you have to do, but obviously the president of the United States has to do what’s in the best interest of the United States to protect us against a potential threat.” He also has bought into the man-made global warming myth, not nearly as much as McCain, but still I’m not convinced he will stand up firm against the World popular opinion that we are causing it, we have to pay to fix it.

And Huckabee? He’s a Christian and so am I. That is the about the only thing we agree on. As Governor he earned his nickname “Tax Hike Mike” given to him from Arkansas voters, the same voters that gave Bill Clinton the nickname Slick Willy” before the rest of us knew who he was. And today he is still defending those tax increases, with the old, “I did it for the Children” mantra. My Grandfather was from Arkansas, and he once told me never trust an Arkansas politician. I’m listening to Gramps on this one.

[HappyinAZ]

I wish that all you McCain bashers would go away............

[Thombo2]

“My vote won’t be for McCain,it’ll be for Huckabee...”What’s the point?Up to the moment i walked into the poling booth i’d planned on voting for Thompson(my favorite)as a protest-he’d already dropped out of the race....Voted for Romney instead.IMO not perfect but a far superior choice for pres than McCain.Note:Did i hear Ann Coulter(Fox News on Sat or Sun)correctly?If McCain is the nominee,she’ll support Hillary?WTF?????

[Wil H]

Before you all run out and vote for clinton remember that along with clinton you get; Podesta, Carville, Sandy Berger, and every kind of communist that has been hiding under a rock for the last eight years.

McCain may be putrid, but at least some of his appointments might be an improvement on getting the gang of crooks and commies back again.

[cowboyway]

I wish that all you McCain bashers would go away............

Rush is bashing him right now.

BTW, I'm from SC and I wish Lindsey Graham, one of McCain's gang of 14 and fellow RINO, would go away...........with McCain.

[LottieDah]

“Ann Coulter(Fox News on Sat or Sun)correctly?If McCain is the nominee,she’ll support Hillary?WTF?????”

Annie needs to take a couple of Midol and was them down with a pound packing milkshake.

[Secret Agent Man]

The Repubs can rally against a liberal agenda from Hillary much better than from McCain. Too many RINOs and apologists will say we can’t criticize ‘our guy’ when he starts going left because ‘you don’t dump on your own guy.’ We’ll be more effective stifling a liberal democrat than a liberal republican.

Look what you get when you get an Arnold in office. That’s what McCain will be on a national level.

[JoanVarga]

Yep.Evil is more predictable than crazy.

-Joan

OMG, Rush is playing, "Who Wants McCain"!! LOL!

[Thombo2]

LOL.Midol and a couple mg’s of Xanax:)Hopefully Ann will come to her senses.Perhaps she was being sarcastic,and i just didn’t get it.Did you see the interview?Great author,very articulate,and very sharp witt.I’ve read Treason,Slander,and half way through How to Talk to a Liberal.I do not like McCain,but if he’s the nominee i’ll vote for him as the “least objectionable candidate”.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

If Hitlery is president, the Republicans in Congress will filibuster to prevent any of her bills from passing.

You are assuming a level of testosterone that I have seen no evidence of.

[Greg F]

The Democratic Party wants McCain to win the Republican nomination.....they know they can beat him hands down. They are scared to death of Romney.
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Snicker. Not. He’s a pantywaist. Hillary will beat him up and Obama will make him look like a nerd.

[Greg F]

I wish Huckabee would go away.
I wish McCain would go away.
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I wish Romney would go away.

[Greg F]

The days of rallying around a RINO on issues, court picks, legislation and the like are over for conservatives. We’ve shown that with amnesty and the S.Ct. picks of Bush. Conservatives know how to fight Republican Presidents.

[FReepaholic]

...You are assuming a level of testosterone that I have seen no evidence of....

Yeah, you're right. We're screwed either way.

[Imperial Warrior]

Exactly, since Schmuckabee and McLoon have formed a political alliance against Romney. I consider Neal Boortz to be like a broken clock. Absolutely right, but only twice a day. Boortz is supporting Schmuckabee because he is consumed with his own agenda, that being the Fair Tax, over conservative principles he as a libertarian only partly shares. Furthermore, the Fair Tax, besides being another federal tax collection program cannot and will not be accepted as long as the income tax exists in any form and is thus contingent upon that system of income collection being abolished just to be considered a valid replacement. Although Boortz’s Fair Tax proposal includes a provision for eliminating the income tax and the IRS before it can be implemented is rather naive and wishful thinking as getting rid of the IRS, not the implementation of the Fair Tax is the Mount Everest to conquer, not the system replacing it.

Finally, the Fair Tax which is called revenue “neutral” because maintains current government spending and budget levels in order to make it palatable to tax and spend Washington bureacucrats, is essentially a 23% VAT tax. However, who the hell wants to maintain the US federal government’s current spending levels? Not I, regardless of the form in which the tax takes. 23%? How about a total 10% sales tax; 5% collected on the state level from and for its own citizens, and 5% collected from all the 50 states for the federal government? Add the original tarrifs, duties, and fees the US used to impose since the foundation of the republic to the cheap foreign junk pouring in from China by the billions and I think we’ll have more than enough money for the small, limited federal government as it was Constitutionally mandated and designed to be.

By the way, a 10% flat tax was something President Ronald Reagan himself proposed long ago to replace the IRS and the chaos, insanity, and unfairness represented by it and stated that if the traditional 10% tithe to one’s church was good enough for God, it was good enough for the federal government. I agree.

[Cheburashka]

If Hitlery is president, the Republicans in Congress will filibuster to prevent any of her bills from passing.

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Look at the number of Republican Senate seats up to be filled this year, look at the number of Democrat Senate seats up to be filled this year. Combine that with the disaster at the top of the ticket, the Republicans are going to lose seats big time. The Democrats won’t have problems getting cloture. Amnesty, expedited citizenship, fairness doctrine, government health care. Hillary or Obama will get everything he or she asks for.

[Scythian]

A vote for Huckabee (at this point in the game) is a vote for McCain.

[kevao]

I wish Huckabee would go away.

I wish McCain would go away.

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I wish Romney would go away.

I wish all the RINOs would just go away. But, then, who would that leave us with?

[Greg F]

I wish all the RINOs would just go away. But, then, who would that leave us with?
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LOL. Ron Paul!

[TigersEye]

No Republican could win with all this baggage.